The book opens with Joel Essen, a scruffy detective, witnessing an assassination of a renowned physicist. Going against his captain’s orders, he investigates the case. But in doing so, he opens Pandora box and learns of a nefarious plan to unleash hell on Earth. This new profound burden pushes the detective into action to go against a group of very powerful individuals. 

As intriguing  as the plot seems, it’s not the heart of the book’s mystery. It becomes rapidly clear that Joel Essen himself is very peculiar. He has his warts and inner demons from his past. A mystery that is slowly revealed throughout the book. The central theme of the book is that ‘no man is an island and no man stands alone’. Seeing that this book is a team up book, Essen will have to learn to trust and work with others. This is something he will especially struggle to come to terms with. In fact the other four main characters will have to learn to do the same. Every character has their own backstory that is perfectly intertwined into the main plot. 

Two Steps From Hell is a very suspensive story and with each chapter, the readers are forced to the edge of their seats. Everything and everyone will be against their favourite protagonist and time will be of the utmost importance to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Two Steps From Hell

Three months ago across the city's wharf, over the harbour stood Ensom Island. Emerging from this island was a crumbling Victorian mansion which had become the revered psychiatric hospital for the mentally insane, Ensom Asylum. The island itself was a small rocky cay roughly one hectare in size and was connected to the mainland via a mile-long bridge. A gloomy cloud hovered over the island and rain fell hard. 


A metal grilled, yellow prison bus and a navy-blue car tailing behind, drove on this bridge towards the asylum. Before entering on the island, they were greeted by two automatic messed gates that had barbed wire on top. Two watchtowers, each with sniper-armed guards, were on both sides of the gates. 


Chapter 39: My Brother's Keeper (Part 1)